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GIFFEN, Joseph Colin
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | S31206, SX19112 |
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Enlisted: | 20 January 1943 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 30 June 1913 |
Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Killed in Action, Brunei Bay Area, Brunei Bay Area, Borneo, 27 July 1945, aged 32 years |
Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery C. A. 11. |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, S31206 | |
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20 Jan 1943: | Involvement Lance Corporal, SX19112 | |
20 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Wayville, SA | |
20 Jan 1943: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, SX19112 | |
27 Jul 1945: | Involvement Corporal, SX19112, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Borneo - Operation Oboe July - August 1945, KIA | |
Date unknown: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S31206 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement |
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